Toy



March 12, 1940. H. J. SEISER 2,193,700

TOY

Filed May 22, 1939 Inventor HUGO J. SElSER,

A iiorn eys Patented Mar. 12, 1940 UNITED I STATES PATENT OFFHCE 1 Claim.

This invention relates to a child's toy and is especially constructed to provide a clothesline on which dolls clothes may be hung by a. child while in the play of drying clothes or in reality if the clothes become wet from use on certain type of dolls now in use, the clothes may be hung on the device for drying, and has for the primary object the provision of a portable clothes drying device which will be attractive and may be readily moved from one place to another by the child and will require a minimum space for its use and may be readily knocked down for storage when desired.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed. 7

Fora complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a toy constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view illustrating the de vice.

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view partly broken away.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 5 indicates an elongated base having enlarged pedestal-like ends 6 to facilitate the resting of the base evenly on a support; The ends 5 have formed therein sockets to removably receive re-' duced extensions 1 formed on the lower ends of posts 8, the upper ends of the posts being provided with knobs 9 provided with grooves l0 in which the ends of a clothesline I l maybe secured. The posts support the clothesline at a desired height from the base on which dolls clothes may be hung by a child.

Formed in the bottom face of the base 5 is a groove l2, a portion of which opens outwardly through one edge of the base while another portion opens outwardly through the opposite edge of the base. Pivotally mounted in the base is a. strip l3, the pivot therefor being indicatedby the character I4. The strip l3 may be readily pivoted to lie within the groove l2 or to extend at right angles to the elongated base 5 for 00-- operating with the pedestal-like ends 6 of said base in supporting the latter on a surface. It will be noted that the thickness of the strip 13 is approximately equal to the depth of groove so that when the strip is swung at right angles to the base no unevenness will be provided to the I skilled in the art to which such device relates and while I have herein set forth a satisfactory embodiment of the invention, it is to be understood that such changes therefrom as fairly fall within the scope of the claim may be resorted to when desired.

What I claim is:

A toy comprising an elongated base having enlarged pedestal-like ends and provided with sockets therein, posts having reduced ends extending into said sockets with a frictional fit, said posts having knobbed ends provided with grooves, a suspension line having its ends secured in said grooves, said base having a groove formed in its under facewith a portion of said groove opening outwardly through one edge of the base and forming a stop shoulder and another portion of said groove opening outwardly through an opposite edge of the base and forming a stop shoulder, and a brace strip pivotally mounted intermediate its ends in the groove and capable of being swung at right angles to the'base and into engagement with the stop shoulders for aiding the pedestal-like ends of said base in supporting the latter evenly on a surface and capable of being pivoted to lie entirely within the groove.

HUGO J. SEISER. 

